After wearing the book, I took the silly white sweet script

When the two returned to the palace again, it was already after sunset.

The guard at the gate of the palace, who had just been scolded by the chief guard, stood upside down as a punishment - letting go of the third princess.

But in fact... they really didn't see it.

Shu Yao didn't walk through the palace gate.

The two guards were sweating profusely. Suddenly, one of the guards saw something. His eyes lit up, and he said to the other, "Hey! Look! Look!"

"What are you looking at?!" The other guard said impatiently, but still opened his eyes.

"...Yes, the third princess?"

"And General Mu."

"Go and report to the emperor and queen."

The two men withdrew their strength, smashed on the ground, and got up.

One person went to report, and the other greeted them with a smile.

The reason why the third princess disappeared suddenly at the Jiji ceremony was because she went out with Little General Mu. This is something everyone knows.

Naturally, their relationship is well known.

So at this moment, the guards were not surprised at all when they saw that the third princess was carried back by General Mu.

"Princess, little general Mu, you are finally back." The guard looked unlovable.

After admiring the setting sun, they went to other places to play. Mu Huaijin was afraid that Shu Yao would be tired, so she didn't let her walk, and insisted on holding her back.

Shu Yao asked Mu Huaijin to put herself down, hesitated for a second, and asked, "Is the father angry?"

The guard nodded, then shook his head after a while.

Mu Huaijin said coldly: "If you want to say it, just say it, dawdle. What's the matter?"

If it was in the military camp, Mu Huaijin would have been fined to run a lap by Mu Huaijin.

The guard trembled, and said falteringly: "The emperor said he was not angry, but after the third princess left, the banquet was held as usual, and the emperor...had a headache during the banquet."

All the ministers present saw it.

Both Shu Yao and Mu Huaijin frowned.

One of them was transmigrated and the other was reborn. Naturally, they knew that Emperor Yuan Xu had always suffered from headaches.

In the eyes of outsiders, this is the first time Emperor Yuan Xu has had a headache, and they naturally attribute it to the fact that the third princess left without permission during the Jiji ceremony, which caused the emperor Longyan to be furious.

Shu Yao looked at Mu Huaijin.

"Princess, let's go and have a look." A trace of worry flashed in Mu Huaijin's eyes.

In the original book, it is written that the key to the hero Chen Yuansi's success in proclaiming himself emperor lies in Daqi's secrets.

On the way to find Emperor Yuan Xu, Shu Yao kept thinking about what this secret was.

Emperor Yuan Xu's body usually looks very healthy, but he suffers from headaches, which seems a bit out of place.

"What are you thinking?" Mu Huaijin couldn't help asking Shu Yao, seeing that Shu Yao had been bowing her head in deep thought.

Shu Yao shook her head, "It's nothing."

Mu Huaijin understood, "Don't worry. The emperor will be fine."

She knew in her heart that Emperor Yuan Xu also suffered from headaches in the previous life, which... was actually inherited from the previous emperor.

This headache would accompany Emperor Yuanxu's life, and the more he went to the later stage, the more attacks he had. In the end, Chen Yuansi abolished Emperor Yuanxu, and part of the reason was that Emperor Yuanxu was suffering from headaches at that time and had no strength to resist.

Said he would be fine, just to comfort Shu Yao temporarily.

She didn't want the little fool to know that his father's headache would not get better.

Even in this life, if Chen Yuansi failed to ascend to the throne, the headache would get worse when Emperor Yuanxu came later, and it was impossible to say that it would become a day and night torture.

When Shu Yao and Mu Huaijin arrived at Emperor Yuanxu's bedroom, Empress Zhong was guarding by the bed.

Someone came to pass the message from outside, and Queen Zhong walked out gently.

"Mother's queen." Shu Yao asked in a low voice, "Father, he..."

Empress Zhong took a look at Mu Huaijin, and motioned for the two of them to talk in another place so as not to disturb Emperor Yuan Xu's rest.

The three of them came to a quiet room, and there were no servants, so it would be much easier to talk.

Mu Huaijin felt that this should actually be the family of Shu Yao and Queen Zhong, she shouldn't know too much, "Queen, first..."

"You stay too." Queen Zhong guessed what she was going to say, and interrupted beforehand, "I want to tell you two what I said."

Mu Huaijin was taken aback.

Empress Zhong looked at them, with a slight smile on her face: "The emperor didn't blame you for disappearing at the Jiji ceremony without permission."

Shu Yao nodded.

Queen Zhong: "You guys...should..."

"Ah..." Shu Yao blushed, "Mother Queen!"

Mu Huaijin silently covered Shu Yao's hand, giving Queen Zhong an accurate answer.

Empress Zhong hesitated to speak, seeing that her child was embarrassed, she stopped talking, gradually restrained her smile, and said sternly, "This is not the key point of this palace."

Shu Yao: "?"

Queen Zhong: "It's Qiongzhou."

When Shu Yao felt Empress Zhong say these two words, Mu Huaijin's hand tightened suddenly for a moment.

Qiongzhou is the northernmost state of Daqi, and it is also the place where Mu Huaijin fought.

Similarly, there is a Zhuangzi, which is the place where she differentiated.

There are memories of Qiongzhou, most of which are bad.

Feeling Mu Huaijin's restlessness, Shu Yao held her hand tightly, hoping to make her feel more at ease.

Mu Huaijin: "What happened to Qiongzhou?"

Queen Zhong turned around, went to the bookshelf in that room to get a booklet, and handed it to Mu Huaijin.

Mu Huaijin opened the booklet and saw that the expression on her face was not good.

"Qiongzhou...is there famine?" Mu Huaijin looked at Queen Zhong, "It is indeed very barren, and the years of fighting have left indelible traces. Many lands can no longer be cultivated."

Shu Yao was puzzled.

Ancient technology was underdeveloped, and the destroyed land could only wait for it to recover by itself. Famines after wars should be considered common.

But Qiongzhou is remote, especially after the war, the population is pitifully small.

There are so few people, they are famine, this story...is it spread from so far away?

Mu Huaijin: "Queen, what do you mean by showing me this book?"

There was a famine in Qiongzhou because Mu Huaijin was right to fight there, but it should not be her fault.

At that time, the Beidi people pushed forward step by step, and Qiongzhou really couldn't resist it, so they had to be forced to fall.

Of course, Mu Huaijin didn't think that Empress Zhong showed her this book to convict her, but she just had the same doubts as Shu Yao.

Does the imperial court even care about the famine in such a small place as Qiongzhou?

Compared with the Qiongzhou famine, there are actually more things worthy of attention throughout the country.

Queen Zhong seemed to see the doubts of the two of them, but she just shook her head and didn't tell them the reason.

Mu Huaijin said nothing.

Both of them saw that Queen Zhong was hiding something unspeakable.

After a while, Mu Huaijin said: "Queen, I am willing to escort the relief food to Qiongzhou."

Shu Yao was taken aback.

If Sister Ajin goes to Qiongzhou, she will be alone soon...

She was reluctant.

At that second, she made up her mind in her heart that if Mu Huaijin was going, then she would definitely go too.

Empress Zhong said: "The emperor has already told me that the task of escorting food to Qiongzhou is for Xuanping Hou Shizi."

Mu Huaijin obviously paused.

Even if the God Sacrifice Festival is messed up, does the emperor still trust Chen Yuansi?

But the next second, she thought of another possibility.

The emperor was just giving Chen Yuansi a chance to make up for his mistakes.

After all, the emperor is also reluctant to part with this courtier. If he is to be given an official position in the future, there must be no stains that can be pointed out.

If the food escort was completed properly, then the court ministers would naturally feel that Xuanping Hou Shizi is capable.

But... what if he failed to escort him successfully?

Shu Yao: "Mother, what do you mean by saying this to Sister Ajin?"

Since you didn't want Mu Huaijin to deliver food, why did you tell her about it?

Empress Zhong looked at Shu Yao with a wry smile, and stretched out her hand to caress her face, "Yao'er is old enough, she's an adult now."

Shu Yao: "...?"

Why are you still jumping off topic?

Empress Zhong obviously had something to hide.

Shu Yao didn't press the question any more.

Since Queen Zhong didn't say anything, it must be good for her.

However, Shu Yao was actually very concerned about what Queen Zhong was hiding.

Mu Huaijin looked at Empress Zhong's expression and felt something vaguely, but without any more clues, she didn't dare to speculate casually.

Empress Zhong took a deep breath, and realized that the two children came back for the purpose of the emperor, but she suddenly called over, "My son, your father is hosting a banquet for the ministers today, and you have to rest early, waiting for you tomorrow." Let's see again."

Shu Yao nodded dully.

Something doesn't feel right.

Emperor Yuan Xu had headaches, and Empress Zhong knew about it before, but she never showed anything in front of Shu Yao and the others.

Today, it seems particularly abnormal.

Is it because of something else...

Shu Yao's hunch was right.

After they left, Empress Zhong ordered someone to change clothes, got up and went to a place - the bottom floor of the prison.

She was going to see An Linghua.

Last time on the palace wall of the God Sacrifice Festival, she saw the blood on Emperor Yuan Xu's hands.

During the past few days with Emperor Yuan Xu, she also found that the phoenix jade pendant on his waist was missing.

The answer given by Emperor Yuan Xu was, "I don't like it, I picked it."

But Empress Zhong knew that since she knew the emperor, she had never left her body since she saw him.

The only one who can make him take off the jade pendant is the person who wears the bell - An Linghua.

Many years ago, Emperor Yuan Xu once confided to her when he was drunk, and told her everything about the eldest princess.After waking up, Emperor Yuan Xu naturally thought that Empress Zhong didn't know that year.

Queen Zhong pretended not to know and stayed by his side silently.

Now, Emperor Yuan Xu went to see the eldest princess.

This is not a good sign.

What happened back then, what Emperor Yuan Xu did was not his original intention, and Empress Zhong knew it all in her heart.

But in his heart, he was always filled with guilt—after all, those wounds on the eldest princess were real and could never be removed.

The eldest princess has also suffered for more than 20 years.

These are irreparable.

Inside the imperial prison, a damp and cold air rushed towards her face, Empress Zhong couldn't stand it anymore, she covered her nose and the stench inside, and managed to get to the innermost part.

Although she knew about the existence of the eldest princess very early on, she never came to see her.

It was as if she really didn't know anything.

But now, the emperor came to see An Linghua.

An Chengyu was shaken.The guilt in his heart finally crushed him.

Empress Zhong had a faint feeling about what happened back then, and she was going to be overwhelmed.

And Qiongzhou, that place, An Linghua went there when he was a child.

In the dark, Empress Zhong always felt that this conflict could not be resolved by their generation alone.

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